I need help finding the death record and/or burial place for my grandfather, John Joseph Rooney. According to my mother he died in 1948 in Jersey City. For the past 7 years I have tried to locate this event in several ways: - Writing the Dept of Health and Senior Services in Trenton using the years 1946-1949 looking both in Hudson and Union Co. - Searching the Social Security Death Index. - Writing the Hudson Co. Surrogate Court for probate records. - Writing and calling the cemeteries where his family are buried. - Obtaining military records. He was born in 1894 in Jersey City and as far as I can tell he lived all of his life there. He served in the Navy during WWI and was perhaps discharged dishonorably after a string of offenses such as smoking and being AWOL (much of his records were blacked out because I am not "next of kin"). He was married in 1919 in Jersey City, but later separated from his wife. I know he was living in Jersey City in 1946 according to his father's probate records. He was about 54 when he died supposedly of an accidental fall so he may not have received any Social Security benefits. If he died in another county or state from where he lived would his death record and probate records be kept there (he may not have had a will)? Is there another source I have over looked? Any suggestions appreciated!!! Carolyn